高こう弟てい

noun

best pupil; leading disciple

Refers to the most outstanding or senior student of a teacher, master, or school, often in traditional arts, martial arts, or academic lineages.

• 彼かれは師し匠しょうの高こう弟ていとして知しられている。

  He is known as the master's best pupil.

• その流りゅう派はの高こう弟ていたちが集あつまって記き念ねん公こう演えんを行おこなった。

  The leading disciples of that school gathered and gave a commemorative performance.